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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: wallace on June 10, 2011, 10:15:02 am

Title: Stanchions
Post by: wallace on June 10, 2011, 10:15:02 am

whats the best to paint brass stanchions to stop them lossing there shine  Im after to paint rather than spray.
            wallace    :-)) :-))

Title: Re: Stanchions
Post by: Roadrunner on June 10, 2011, 10:48:23 am

Try that again in the Queens English...

Do you want to paint them with colour or to lacquer them with clear coat to keep the original brass finish?

If painting with colour, a base primer coat then top coat of colour of any brand, enamels or acrylics will do in any finish,(matt, satin, gloss) then a clear coat.

If just wanting a clear coat on the brass then any an enamel clear coat (01 from revel) is very good, gloss, satin and matt finishes are available.

All can be used with a paint brush.

But you can't beat spraying on smaller items such as stanchions if done right, paint tends to go on to thick at times and can make a nice looking rail look like its had 100 years of paint!

Or you can leave them as is.. and once they start to get dirty use a dremel and its buffing head, some rubbing compound and just buff them back out to that shine.

Title: Re: Stanchions
Post by: Circlip on June 10, 2011, 11:45:09 am

Fer keeping the brass new looking and polished back in stone age metalwork class, we used clear cellulose (Dope/clear nail varnish). Needs to be polished and then cleaned in Acetone before coating.

   Regards  Ian.

Title: Re: Stanchions
Post by: DickyD on June 10, 2011, 12:18:20 pm

Clear lacquer Wallace.  

Title: Re: Stanchions
Post by: wallace on June 10, 2011, 05:16:34 pm

would the lacquer be what my girls use on there nails be OK

thanks for all your help once again my head is loosing it now
         wallace  :-))

Title: Re: Stanchions
Post by: Jonty on June 10, 2011, 05:43:57 pm

  Is nail lacquer still solvent based? If so, it may well attack the paint at the base of the stanchion.